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- 1915 - 19191925 (Creation)
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26 ts War Diaries (263pp, December 1915 - May 1918), with attached correspondence, maps, and official documents, and 2 ts letters (12pp, March 1917 - April 1917), submitting the names of officers and men in his force recommended for a mention in despatches, recording his command of the Nyasa-Rhodesia Frontier Force (December 1915 - May 1918) and operations in German East Africa. Also included are undated ms lecture notes (9pp) on his experiences in East Africa, ts press cuttings mostly from East African newspapers (November 1918 - July 1919) relating to his appointment as Governor of British East Africa and his arrival in the Colony, and a ts copy of a letter (7pp, January 1925) from the Acting Governor of Kenya to the Secretary of State for the Colonies reporting on the progress of the Ex-Soldier Settlement Scheme in Kenya.
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Imperial War Museum Department of Documents
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{{data source}} The National Archives Discovery
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- Latin